From the Billboard.com item: "We are gonna take, I don't know how long -- a year, year and a half, two years," guitarist Steven Van Zandt said during a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. "Up to now we've been working a lot, and it's great."

Springsteen told some European interviews earlier this year that his next project will be without the E Street Band, which has led to rumors this could well be the last E Street tour. Guitarist Nils Lofgren told Billboard.com that nothing has been definitively discussed -- and that's nothing new.

"As far as I know we'll wrap up at Thanksgiving, and that'll be it for the time being," Lofgren said.

The current tour in support of the "Working on a Dream" album ends Nov. 22 in Buffalo. The band plays five dates at Giants Stadium beginning Sept. 30 and four dates at The Spectrum in Philly starting Oct. 13.